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Posted on August 5, 2020

Hand-Me-Down Box

The women in my family have charms and secrets hidden in a hand me down box We do not talk about the contents inside, not a tale to tell twice…

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Posted on July 27, 2020July 27, 2020

CONQUEROR

You stole every one of our stories, Chest blossoming with anger when we dare to claim anything.  The locks that fed and grew Nations.  You call it past when it…

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Posted on May 30, 2020May 31, 2020

For George Floyd

Poem transcribed as performed. Help me… I can’t breathe… He’s going to kill me… Trigger finger, counterfeit bill, telling the officer he can’t breathe 15 times, one time too many.…

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Posted on August 1, 2018November 7, 2018

Local student to recite poem at Women’s Equality Day Celebration in Sacramento

http://www.montereyherald.com/social-affairs/20180801/local-student-to-recite-poem-at-womens-equality-day-celebration-in-sacramento Today, I was in an article for the Monterey Herald. I was interviewed more than a week ago by Juan Reyes and today the article was put up online…

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Posted on July 30, 2018May 31, 2020

Why Are You So Angry?

Poem Transcribed As Performed. Why are you so angry? One of my friends asked me the other day, I had just spoken about one of the most recent crimes in…

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Posted on July 18, 2018May 31, 2020

Sightless Devastation- Presented at the NEA Big Read Event

Poem Transcribed As Performed. Do you see it? The invisible boundary between everything, between you and I, wrapped in years of tension. Some will choose to ignore it, climbing over…

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Posted on July 17, 2018May 31, 2020

Sally- 1st place SUHSD Poetry Competition

Poem Transcribed As Performed Warning this poem contains situations of sexual assault and post traumatic stress disorder. For the things, I left unsaid in my last poem and the chains…

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Posted on July 17, 2018May 31, 2020

Survival Skills 101- 1st place SUHSD Poetry Competition

Poem transcribed as performed. I can’t remember the last thing he ever said to me. I’m starting to forget what he looks like, maybe that’s why I decided to write…

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